Stick to the main points, guys. Do you think clubs should be run as efficiently as businesses? We can talk about 'overbearing' rules later, but in general the fewer there are the better. As for costs, we'll see how that works out in later features - IF you want to see them. If you think this is a load of old rubbish, just say so and we'll be done with it.
Just as an example, I was up near Manchester this last weekend and visited a small lake that was dug out in the sixties to act as a silt trap for the lower lake. We put some fish into it (probably illegally) from the lower lake to give it a kick-start and it seems others have done similar since then. I also added some flag and lily around the margins in the early 70s and the flag has done well.
However, no-one controls the water except the Council, and fishing is free. It is a mess. The silt has built up far too much now in many areas and the rest is filled with kids prams and bikes with crisp wrappers and fast food cartons festooning the banks. Basically free fishing is bad for our sport and that's not just my belief, a vast amount of EA fisheries officers think that too. All that it would take is a little hard work and some silt removing and that lake would be an absolute cracker, the fish are certainly there, not big, but enough of them to make it interesting.
And it is BLACK, but I'll tell you it's relevance in the next article.
